Creating a New RDP Connection

To create a new connection, choose the “New Connection” item in the “File” menu or press Ctrl+N. The New Connection dialog window will appear.   Choose a connection type at the beginning of the configuration process.The “Server” field is mandatory, while the other fields are optional.

Detailed Description of the General RDP Tab Parameters

  1. Connection Name – defines the connection name being displayed.

  2. Group Name – defines the connection group name.

  3. Server – host name to be connected to.

  4. Username – user name.

  5. Password – user password.

  6. Domain – domain name.

  7. Use custom port – if checked, the field below defines a port to be used.

  8. Auto login – login to the remote system automatically.

  9. Attach to console – connection to be established to the system console (support for Windows 2003 and above).

Detailed Description of the Display RDP Tab Parameters

Detailed Description of the Display RDP Tab Parameters

  1. Screen resolution – list of the predefined screen resolutions.

  2. Screen width – screen width in pixels.

  3. Screen height – screen height in pixels.

  4. Color depth – color depth.

  5. Custom geometry – if checked, the “Screen width” and “Screen height” fields will display, otherwise, the “Screen resolution” will display.

  6. Full screen – run in a full screen mode.

  7. Force update screen – forced update of the session window (Linux only).

  8. Smart sizing – change the image proportions when resizing the window (Windows only).

  9. Control size – automatically change the session window size to fit the window size.Note: changing the session window size requires reestablishing the connection (due to the RDP protocol constraints).

Detailed Description of the Share RDP Tab Parameters

Detailed Description of the Share RDP Tab Parameters

  1. Redirect Sound – depending on the selected item, sound will be played back on the local host or remote host or will be switched off.

  2. Using windows key combination – depending on the selected item, the Win key combinations will be directed to the session window or will not.  

  3. Redirect drives – allow access to local drives from the remote session (Windows only).

  4. Redirect printers – allow access to local printers from the remote session (Windows only).

  5. Redirect COM ports – allow access to local COM ports from the remote session (Windows only).

  6. Redirect smartcards – allow access to local smartcards from the remote session (Windows only).

  7. Redirect device for Linux – list of the parameters of the local devices to be accessed from the remote session (Linux only). Refer to the rdesktop documentation.

Detailed Description of the Program RDP Tab Parameters

Detailed Description of the Program RDP Tab Parameters

  1. Start following program – start the specified program.

  2. Start maximized – start maximized.

  3. Program path – path to the file being started.

  4. Working dir – working directory of the program.

Detailed Description of the Performance RDP Tab Parameters

Detailed Description of the Performance RDP Tab Parameters

  1. Cnnection speed – predefined settings for the particular connection speeds.

  2. Bitmap caching – cache images.

  3. Desktop wallpaper – display desktop wallpaper.

  4. Animation – display animation.

  5. Themes – apply themes to graphic elements.

  6. Show contents of window while dragging – display the window contents while dragging.

Detailed Description of the Advanced RDP Tab Parameters

Detailed Description of the Advanced RDP Tab Parameters

This tab is available only in Linux. Refer to the rdesktop documentation to see the options description.